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Wow either that pic is oversharpened or something else about it hurts to look at it...

Any sharpening applied there JTL? It looks like a good photo that was maybe a bit overcooked...

Rooz is right. Got to watch the Active D in bright afternoon sun. Too much contrast as DPR noted as well. Also, there was a bit of grain in the sky, so I applied a a touch of NR, but did not change the default sharpening that the NX2 NR applies...which was obviously a mistake! I will attempt to undue the damage after I get two or three days sleep...

Update: O.K., in NX2 I pulled the sliders for shadow and highlight compensation down to zero, effectively eliminating the Active D-Lighting effect. Also, no sharpening at all was applied after the fact (but, I did not eliminate the effect of the in-camera sharpening setting). It is better...a subtle, yet profound difference. I forgot to straighten this one, though! Thanks everyone for the feedback...